This document provides information on curriculum vitae (CV), including that a CV is used in higher education, medical, scientific, and other professional settings to highlight education, research experience, publications, honors and more. It offers tips for an effective CV such as being clear, concise, consistent, including relevant categories like education, experience, and references, and ensuring it is organized, visually appealing, and proofread. Examples of CVs and resources for writing a CV are also provided.

1. Sarika Paul
Graduate Career Advisor

2. Curriculum Vitae…
What do the words mean?

3. “Course of Life”

4. CV
 Higher Education
 Psychology/Arts
 Medical or
Scientific Setting
Resume
 Business World
 Non-profit Sector

5.  Graduate/Professional school
admission
 Jobs/Positions
 Grants
 Summer Programs
 Fellowships/Scholarships
 Research Opportunities

6. Clear
Concise
Consistent

7.  Education with relevant Course work
 Research
 Related experience
 Internship experience
 Teaching experience
 Papers and Presentations
 Publications
 Licenses/Certifications

8.  Honors/Scholarships
 Activities
 Community Service
 Affiliations/Memberships
 Skills
 Professional conferences/Workshops
 References

9.  Organize information into appropriate sections
 Start – Education; End – References
 Categories in order of importance
 Visually appealing – gapping and parallelism
 Organized and logical
 Terms/Vocabulary relevant to the industry
 Proofread
 Make copies on nice resume paper

10.  ..DownloadsCV - pre med bio.doc
 ..DownloadsCV- english, language arts.doc

11.  Purdue OWL: Writing the Curriculum vitae
 The Curriculum Vitae Handbook by
Rebecca Anthony and Gerald Roe